Railroad-tie.



0. VV. HENSE'L.

vRAILROAD TIE APPLICATION FILED o cT. I9, 1915.

lgutened Jun@ 6, 191B.

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RAILROAD-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent. i fautenbed 111.16 6, 1916.'

App1ication filed October 19, 1915. Serial No; 56,V754.

)T0 'aZ -Hz om it m (1 1/ concern A Be it known lthat I, OTTO iV. HENSEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Linn Grove. in the county of'uena' Vista .and State of Iowa, .have invented certain new and useful Improvements inf Railroad- Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to j same.' A The objebtof the iiivention is to improve the .constructioii'of metallic railway ties providing a tie that will be offsimple construttion, durable, andl cheap to manufacture; also one of such construction that it will admit of wooden blocks being associated therewith4 so as 'to for'm cushion seats for the Tails, and'one that will be iso constructed that .the diiferentfasteningbolts and rivets, e'in- ()tli'er. objects will-appear and be better understood from that embodiment of my in.

- vention of which the following is'the specication, reference being had to the laccompanying drawings formingva'part thereof,

' in which,

Figure 1 is a side viewr'of the tie, Fig. 2

is a top plan view thereof, Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional detail view taken on the line 8-3 of Fig. 2, l.Figi/J: is a section takenonthe line 1-tof Fig. 3, Fig. 5 is adetail perspective View of one end of the tie, with the railland cushioning blockremov'ed therefrom, Fig. 6 is a detail section taken on the line 6-6 of Fig.'v 2, Fig. 7 is a detailplan of one end lof the tie showing a modified form of rail securing plate employed with I' 7 and positioned .against the side 5 of the4 tie 'and are secured to the said sides 5 by Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the metallic tie, as an entirety and which is formed of'a rectangular hollow body having the bottom wall 2 provided `with circular openingsv 3 and the vertical side walls 4 and 5, the opposite ends 'and the `top of the tie being open. The sidewall 4 ofthe tie has its opposite ends providedwith extensions 6, which are folded 'across the top. of the tie, at.' the opposite ends thereof, and have their free ends-bent downwardly as at means of fasteningbolts 8. The extensions 6 each have a transversecut o ut portion providing an opening 9, the said opening ex.-`

tending' acrossthe extensionsand into 'the downwardly bent .portion7 and .the vertical side 5 .ofthe tie is provided at the ypointadjacent its opposite ends .with 'a pair of .vertical slits which open intothe upper edge ofl the vertical wall 5 and form bendable tongues `10 which extendthrough the -openings 9 and are folded over aga-inst the ends 7 of the extensions 6.I By virtueof these bendable 4tongues 10, tlie'fastening bolts 82'65 will be. relieved from considerable strain.

Associated with the metallic tie 1, is a. pair of wooden blocks designated 11. These blocks are positioned Within the tie and are located at the opposite ends thereof and .unl derlie the opegnings) in the respective eX-. tensions 6, thezgsai'd blocks beingfof a height slightly less than the height of the tie and' i each .has its upper side provided with a longitudinally extending groove 12,' the said groove opening-into the upper side of the block and 'into the' opposite ends thereof.

Metal-lief rectangular 'shaped plates 13y are ,l

superposed upon the upper side of the rec-I tangular blocks 11 and are adapted to snugly fit between the blocks and the under Surfaces l of 'the adjacent extensions 6. These plates 13 serve as seats for the rails 14 and by virtue of the employment of the wooden blocks 11, the desired cushioning'eifect for Athe rails 1 The extensions 6 are each provided' 'on opposite sides of the transversely' extending openings 9 with circular openings'l, which 1 register with similaropenings inthe rectan .gular metallic plates 13 and admit of spikes 16being inserted through the extensions '6,

the metallic plates 13 and the wooden blocks 11 so as to hold the `l'plate's 13 and blocks 1'1- in theirfoperative position.

' Each of the oxt'ensions. has a pa'ir of substantially semi-circular out out -portions 17 which arelocated opposite each other and' open into the `opening9in the extension. "Rail fastening plates designated; 18 are posilOO tioned on opposite Asides ofthe 'base {ia-nge of each rail 14, and each has one endpo `sitioned within the't adjacent semi-'circularl cut out portion 17 and shaped to conformto the cut out portion and has its upper side lying-flush with the upper side,of the adjacent extension,the opposite end of the fas- '.tening plate being bent to provide 'a rail: engaging flange v19. Headed bolts, 20 have?A their shanksthreaded and extended through the plates 13 and through 'thoseends of tlie .fastening plates y18 located inthesemi-circular cut o'ut portions 17 and have their upper ends received by nuts 21 which are ad? justable against the adjacent ends of the plates 1S. The heads ot' the bolts 2O are 5 loosely received bythe groove 12 in the wooden blocks 11 so as to admit of the convenient removal or insertion of the wooden blocks. lVhen it is desired to remove 'the blocks 11 from the tie,so as to substitute new ones, the spikes 16 are withdrawn and the blocl-:s 111 slid outwardly by means of any suitable tool.

ln' the modification shown in Fig. 7, the extension 6 is shown provided with elongated transversely extending recesses 22, one side of each recess opening into the adjacent opening 49. in this ligure the rail fas- .'tening plates are shown las angular' shaped, each having 'one arm thereof designated Q3 inserted within one of the recesses 22 and secured therein by means of the headed bolt il() and nut 2l, and also by means of. a fasl tening spike 24 which extends through the arm '23 andthrough the plate 13 and wooden block 11. The other arm of the fasteningb plate 18 designated 25, extends beyond the recess 2Q and is terminally flanged for ,enga gement with'the base flange ot' the rails 14:.

y)From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen thatl 'have considerably improved the construction of metallic ties so that the desired cushioning eicct can be had lfor the rails and to admit of the operation .ofthe removal of the wooden blocks from the casing to be expeditiouslyY carried out and also to relieve the dilierent fastening bolts, and spikes which are employed with the tie from considerable strain.

1 claim as new is:

1'. A rail tie comprising a hollow rectangular shaped body having its upper side open, extensions formed on one sidewall ofl thebody and foldable over the tcp of the body, the said yextensions having transversely extending openings therein, blocks located within the body and underlying the openings, rails positioned on thev top of Having thus described my invention'what each of the extensions having a transversely extending opening therein adapted `to receivethe base flange of arailv and having substantially semi-circular cut outvportions located opposite each other and communicating with the transverse opening, plates located on the under side of the extensions andunderlying the openings and the semi-circular cut out portions-,and also engaging lthe upper surface of the block, rail fastening plates positioned on the opposite sides of the transverse openings and eachhaving 'one end 'resting on the adjacent rectangular plate and received by 4one of the adjacent semi-circular cut out portions in the extensions and bolts extending through the rectangular plates and the rail engaging plates, for holding the latter in operative position.

3. A, rail tie comprising a hollow rectan gular shaped metallic body having its top open, angular shaped extensions formed on one side wall of the body and foldable over the top of the body and aga-mst the opposite side wall of the-body and provided with transversely extending openings, adjustable tongues formed on the last mentioned side wall of the body and extending through the transverse openings in the extensions Sand fold-able against the said extensions and fastening elements extending through the last mentioned side wall of the body and through the extensions and located on op-4 posite sides ofthe tongues.

al. A rail tie comprising a hollow rectangular shaped metallic body having its top wall open, extensions formed on one of the side walls of `the body and foldable over the top of the' body, said extensions having transverselyv extending openings therein and having transversely extending recesses located adjacent the transversely extending` n testimony whereof I ahlx my signature in vpresence oit two witnesses. Y

' OTTO W'. HENSEL.

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